The Write Women Book Fest Join the Prince George’s County Historical Society and Marietta House Museum on Saturday, September 21, 2019, from 10 AM to 4 PM at the Write Women Book Fest. Several Society members will be attending with their publications. The book festival is created specifically for women writers and will feature writers [...]
An Immersive Experience through History and Archaeology September 6 & 7, 2019 All Events are FREE and open to all ages This unique, two-day commemoration will highlight decades of archaeological discoveries and addressthe lasting legacies of chattel slavery in Prince George’s County. This event series will be held with the generous cooperation of The Slave Dwelling Project, a non-profit whose vision is to encourage a “more truthful and inclusive narrative [...]
SOCIETY FUNDRAISER ON TUESDAY, JULY 23, 2019 Franklins Restaurant, Brewery, General Store 5123 Baltimore Avenue in Hyattsville To support the fundraiser, notify your server or the host and ask that your receipt(s) be added to the PGCHS fundraiser. Franklins will tally the receipts and donate 20% of the total (before taxes) to the Society. The fundraiser [...]
PGCHS Bus Tour October 13th Join the Society on a bus tour to visit the Past through Present Prince George's County. We Will visit Riversdale, Bladensburg, Beltsville, Marietta, Upper Marlboro, Nottingham, Mount Calvert, and more. We will end the trip with a tour and tasting at Calvert Brewing. [...]
History of the Stamp Store and Post Office Site Statement of Significance Stamp’s Store and Post Office Site is the location of a general store that operated in the first half of the twentieth century under the ownership of the Goldstein and Downing families. It is believed to have been the last store to [...]
Hello Fellow History Lovers: The Prince George's County National History Day compettion is around the corner. Maybe one of our students will win the state and then the national competition! You can give support to these students by volunteering to be a judge at our local competition. The deadline to do so is quickly approaching, [...]
On Monday, October 2, the University of Maryland Libraries will be releasing phase one of the UMD Student Newspapers database,https://www.lib.umd.edu/univarchives/student-newspapers The database, which covers issues from 1910 to 1971 from the Diamondback and its predecessor newspapers, provides both keyword and date access to article titles and content. Users can search names and topics across [...]
History of Spa Spring site “A History of the Spa Spring Site.” Excerpted from Evaluation for Historic Site Designation: Findings, Conclusion, and Recommendation (Spa Spring Site, Historic Resource 69-001). Memorandum from Thomas W. Gross to Prince George’s County Historic Preservation Commission. Upper Marlboro, MD: Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission, September 12, 2017. Statement [...]
For Immediate release Contact: Nathania A. Branch Miles (240) 381-2998 Prince George’s County Historical Society - Fund-raising Event - "Prince of a County" The Prince George’s County Historical Society is sponsoring Prince of a County on Sunday, September 24, 2017 from 2:00-4:00pm at the Don S.S. Goodloe House on the campus of [...]
Few residents, even the native variety, realize that Prince George's, County has an official song. With words by G. Frederick Orton of Hyattsville and music by William Moore, then editor of the Prince George's Post, Hail Prince Georges contains four stanzas and has a very pleasant melody. The song was adopted as the official song [...]
